blighting

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/ˈblaɪtɪŋ/

adjective

Damned; pesky.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blight
adjectiveblighting (not comparable)
  1. UKnot comparableslangDamned; pesky.

    "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt.

    1931, Robert E. Howard, Alleys of Peril
nounblighting (plural blightings)

plural blightings

  1. The act by which something is blighted.

    They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk […]

    1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator […] , New York: American Publishing Company

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blighting

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Cite this entry
APA

blighting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blighting

MLA

“blighting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blighting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blighting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blighting.

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